How do I declare and use variables in PL/SQL like I do in T-SQL?

Question

In Sql Server, often times when I\'m testing the body of a stored procedure, I copy the body into SSMS, DECLARE the variables at the top of the page, set them to some sample

Answer 1

Variables are not defined, but declared.

This is possible duplicate of declare variables in a pl/sql block

But you can look here :

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14261/fundamentals.htm#i27306

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14261/overview.htm

UPDATE:

Refer here : How to return a resultset / cursor from a Oracle PL/SQL anonymous block that executes Dynamic SQL?